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Having an opinion does not mean having an agenda. Having an opinion requires evaluating the facts and making an informed decision on those facts. As a newspaper writer, he would generally have access to certain kinds of knowledge that his readers would not. Having an agenda means that he is pushing a particular theme, over the course of several pieces, which works outside his opinion, or fact, to establish that agenda. As someone who communicates in English, you should understand the difference.

Well, the thing is, you're not really the arbiter of what is and isn't the truth. So there are many instances in which I don't think he's speaking the truth, necessarily. Different strokes for different folks, naturally. You're entitled to enjoy him every bit as much as those of us who don't enjoy him. Jerry, if you're reading this, do yourself and your paper and your community a favor and call it a career. There are plenty of reporters out there who I am sure are hungry and ready to do twice the work that you do...

The only way Johnson makes the team is for special team purposes? I thought Johnson was locked in at #2? Before the rash of injuries, Gailey said he was thinking they'd suit up 5 WR on a weekly basis. With the TE problems and Easley gone, that might change now, but to be #6 at the moment is probably an uncomfortable place.

I disagree with this totally. I think from reading this board and other boards, the majority of Bills fans accept most criticisms of the team, while taking issue with the disrespectful way in which some media covers the team. There are also plenty of media members who are down on the team who do so respectfully who I've rarely seen criticized here. Being right about something does not give someone the right to be freely vitriolic whenever they please. Look: There are times when Jerry Sullivan has been on the radio, been plainly told by a caller or radio host a factual thing (as in, the sky is blue -- inescapable fact) that counters his argument, and he will not relent. That is agenda based, and as a journalist, that makes him bad at his job.

Well I don't agree that all good newspaper writers belong to major newspapers (there are plenty of up-and-comers or small-town guys that are good), and I don't think writing for a major newspaper lends any sort of credibility to quality. But Mr. Sullivan is bad at his job. It's not that he is harsh on the Bills that's the problem, it is that he's redundant, humorless and predictable. His writing is boring -- the prose is awful. I'm a writer. I work with other writers. I've talked with sports journalists about Jerry Sullivan. People don't take him seriously. Not because he writes for the Buffalo News (which is the paper of record for a pretty big population of people, still) but because he's sort of a guy who shows up with the curmudgeonly scowl on his face -- who can only praise things with which he is not associated. A grass-is-always-greener type. I think with Jerry, his talent left him a long time ago with his any reasonable sensibility. There seems to be some feelings from Mr. Sullivan that he's stuck in a place where his work has no impact. This frustration seems to come out in this really awkward bitterness toward people he perceives "accept" that so-called mediocrity. I also really hate his frequent and false protestations that he's not a fan. He's a basketball guy at heart and works in a non-basketball town, and I think that's part of the problem. But writing of any kind -- copywriting, technical, freelance poetry for crying out loud, is a labor of love. You don't do it unless you love it. And to write about certain subjects for this long obviously makes him a fan of those subjects. You don't write about legal and court issues for decades if you're not interested in the law and the court. You don't write about the Bills for decades if you're not interested in the Bills. This isn't a means-to-an-end, work-because-I-have-to clerical type job. So I hate when guys like Sullivan or Schopp hold that over other fans heads. Not only are they fans, they are some of the biggest fans there are.

I wish that the Injured Reserve worked properly so that I could sign another guy to my roster without having to cut someone. I went 9-7 with the Bills in 2010. Trent Edwards went 5-4, Levi Brown went 4-3. I let Fitzpatrick and Edwards contracts expire, waived Brohm. Brown is the starter. Signed UFA's Josh McCown and Josh Johnson to back them up. Finished 2011 at 11-5, hosting a playoff game against the Patriots. In 2011 CJ Spiller ran for 1600 yards as the feature back (800 in 2010 in platoon duty). I drafted Luther Davis and DeVier Posey in the first and second round.

Well, if we're looking from last year we have a lot of different guys (from opening day, anyway). Different #2 and #3 WR, will have a different #1 TE now at least for the first four games, no Butler, no Schobel. If we go back a few years then we're missing virtually the entire O-Line and a CB as well. Now, I agree with you that they'll probably win 6 or 7 games again, but I do think that the roster, at least on paper, is the ugliest since the 3-13 season. We have had a couple definite improvements though, too. Byrd, the running backs and maybe Andra Davis. Also Trent Edwards is probably a very small, marginal improvement over JP Losman, so there's that.

What does that have to do with morality or character? (Or even Family?) We've had a lot of Ivy league people involved with the organization recently and that hasn't amounted to much intelligence. And it wouldn't mean anything a commencement speech at Yale or something said had anything to do with the Bills. Perhaps if you bashed your head against the wall less, you wouldn't accept so many silly premises.

The brilliance of crayonz joke is that he gets literally everyone to accept the premise. Why should the Bills take character cues from any basketball player? There would be thousands of people in thousands of occupations throughout history who would serve as better examples, regardless of whether or not Malone is a good guy or whether or not the Basketball Hall of Fame is a class organization. The joke is in the absurdity of getting you to accept the premise.

With this being pre-cut pre-season there are lots of bad lineman in the NFL right now, but I don't think I can think of a pairing that are worse than Chambers/Howard that are likely to make the team. I want to like Chad Jackson, but he hasn't show much in live action yet..

He broke three tackles on one run for a touchdown, and has created some open field by cutting back on a few other runs. He's also been stuffed on a couple of plays, but has looked like the most explosive Bill we've seen in a while.

Lankster fumbled the punt return last week too, right? Want to root for him because he got picked on with the stuttering issues, but he looks like he's regressed, somehow.

Man oh man, E Lankster..

It was a joke. This is what the regimes of the early 2000s used to say about every white defensive lineman the Bills obtained.

Bills put three running backs in the backfield, play fake, Colts safety bit 100% on the run, Evans had 1-on-1 inside coverage, beat his man, Edwards bomb, touchdown.

With time!

Better than the tackles, though the whole line has looked pretty awful, frankly.

Bell - Levitre - Hangartner - Wood - Green

Bruce DeHaven, wooo!

Agreed.

Agreed, but D Bell has been beaten on the edge every time and had to frantically turn back into his own pocket to redirect the rusher up field. It would be nice if Trent could take a three step drop without having to dodge tackles.

Demetrius Bell is going to be a considerable liability this year.

Come on Whitner.. flap those gums until the runner falls over.

Whoa. CJ Spiller is good at football.

Well then. That wasn't entirely catastrophic.